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o O 0 O dlJSTf K3f MBDFOBD (OREGON) MAIL TRIBUNE Friday. November 22, 1957 Air Force Advised In June of Earih Satellite by Reds Washington fl? A research firm doing top secret work for the government advised the Air Force last June 21 Russia would launch an earth satellite prob ably on Sept. 17. Russia launched Sputnik No. 1 17 days later on Oct. 4. A copy of the report to the Air Force, made by the Rand Corporation of Santa Monica, Calif., was made available to the United Press. The concern is an independent non-profit organi zation doing secret research and development including contracts with the Air Force and Atomic Energy Commission. Contained Dog Sketch The 24 -page report sum marized recent Soviet publica tions which, the Rand Corp. jtudy said, indicated the Russians were about to send a satellite , Into orbit around the earth. The report, given to the Air Force June 21, contained a sketch of a do? harnessed for space flight. The Rand report based Its esti mate of the Soviet satellite launching on Russia's announced Intention to put several satellites Into orbit, and the announced postponement of the U.S. satel q lite launching until March, 1938. "The prestige and propaganda alue to be gained from a pre mier launching of an earth satel lite, whether instrumented or not, undoubtedly present a cir cumstance far too attractive for the opportunists in the Kremlin to ignore," the report said. Rep. John E. Moss (D-Calif.), chairman of a House Information subcommittee, sharply criticized the Air Force for failing to act on the warning and for follow ing a "public be damned" in formation policy is not alerting the American people. The Rand report also warned that Russia's interest In space flight is "not merely academic or superficial but is as serious and purposeful as interest can be in a subject that is sponsored to the hilt by a ruthless totalitar ian regime. Convair Announces Accused Killer Is Jailed as Vagrant Bakersfield, Calif. 1? An escaped mental patient and ac cused killer, so tough his threats brought out the Mississippi Na tional Guard, has been arrested j in an alley as a simple vagrant, FBI agents said today. The identification of the va grant as Frank Edward Wetzel, sought in a nationwide manhunt as the suspected slayer of two North Carolina State patrolmen, was announced Thursday night by FBI agents. They said he was arrested Tuesday night on su spicion and sentenced to 30 days in jail as a vagrant. Later he was identified through fingerprints. Wetzel is an escapee from a New York mental hospital. He broke out vowing to free his brother, William, who is await ing execution in Parchman (Miss.) State prison for the mur der of a fellow prison inmate. Wetzel has been linked to the slaying of North Carolina State patrolmen Wister Lee Reese and James T. Brown on a North Carolina highway Nov. 5. Police say his fingerprints were iden tified on a stolen car believed to have been driven by the killer. Wetzel escaped from the Wil lard State Mental hospital, Wil lard, N.Y., Oct. 21, only two weeks after he was committed for observation following arrest as a probation violator. Clothes of Antarctic Described by Writer By CHARLES MOORE United Press Correspondent Christchurch, New Zealand 1? Clothes make the man in the antarctic. And the men who man the nation's scientific stations at the bottom of the world are no dif ferent from the Madison Avenue dudes with Ivy league trousers and button down shirts. But they have more to work with. The antarctic resident is a man of many parts . . . from his two pairs of socks to his three pairs of gloves. In addition to his heavy wool socks, he covers his feet with two pairs of shoes. One is a wool felt inner liner and the other is a GI version of the Eskimo muk-luks. These are boot-like footwear with rubber soles and canvas tops that extend to just below the knee. The clothes on the body begin with a new type of long-john and work outward. Underwear is made of waffle knit cotton, a recent invention that provides the warmth of wool without wool's itching or shrinking problems. The waffle knit construction holds cells of warm air next to the body. The next item of wear is the wool shirt, which is followed by heavy trousers, a heavy wool sweater and, on a mild day, an insulated jacket. Cold days require a heavy in sulated parka with, the head cov ered with a wool-lined cap with flaps that protect the forehead, ears and the nape of the neck. Three-Piece Gloves The gloves usually come in three pieces an inner-lining of knit wool or cotton, followed by horsehide gloves large enough to accommodate the liners and finally, heavy wool mittens. These are slung on straps that hang from the neck so the mit tens can be removed for close handwork without being lost. All this probably is govern ment Issue and most of it olive drab. But there's color in the antarc tic, too. Most pilots have featherweight wind-proof trousers and parkas to wear. These come in a wide range of brilliant colors, includ ing red, blue and yellow. Navy pilots wear blazing or ange crash helmets. Additional bits of color are added to the clothes by the men. They include pieces of fluores cent "day glo" marker cloth, which are sewn on the tops of the shoes and, in some cases, on the scats of the trousers. The fashion plates at the bot tom of the world are the men best known for their Yankee in genuity . . . and the ability to make midnight requisitions. PLUS SIGNAL PREMIUM FUEL OILS Acl GREEN STAMPS Call SP2-5275 Missile Details San Diego, Calif. HP) Con-vair-Astronautics, builder of the giant Atlas intercontinental bal listic missile, has revealed for the first time some details of its weapon. In a report made public here Thursday, Convair said the Atlas had been under design since 1946 and that it had introduced three important innovations in the mis sile field. ' These were the first swiveling of engines for directional con trol, the first use of the missile walls for tanks and the first sep arable nose cone. Two Atlas missiles have been fired from Patrick Air Force Base, Fla., and both have ex ploded in the air because of malfunction. Reliable Convair sources said the third Atlas was ready for-firing at the base and probably would be launched next week. The Convair statement said that military cutbacks caused great delays in the Atlas devel opment and that from 1947 until 1951, research was continued without government funds. 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